Once again, the comedic writings of the folks at The Onion appear painfully prescient. An article published by The Onion nearly three years ago about Detroit is making the rounds via Twitter; here’s an excerpt:

DETROIT—Detroit, a former industrial metropolis in southeastern Michigan with a population of just under 1 million, was sold at auction Tuesday to bulk scrap dealers and smelting foundries across the United States. 

“This is what’s best for Detroit,” Mayor Kwame M. Kilpatrick said. “We must act now, while we can still get a little something for it.”

Once dismantled and processed, Detroit is expected to yield nearly 14 million tons of steel, 2.85 million tons of aluminum, and approximately 837,000 tons of copper.

Yikes. With the exception of the reference to the former mayor, the article isn’t anachronistic at all.